Written answers
Tuesday, 21 March 2006
Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
Dormant Accounts Fund
8:00 pm
Willie Penrose (Westmeath, Labour)
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Question 74: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount that has been paid from the dormant accounts fund since January 2006; the projects that have received money from the fund since that date; if further allocations are to be made in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10800/06]
Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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Decisions on the disbursements of funds from dormant accounts under the initial round of funding were a matter for the Dormant Accounts Fund Disbursements Board, an independent body established under the Dormant Accounts Acts. Under this round, the board approved 521 projects for funding totalling over €60 million. While to date approximately €13 million of this amount has been drawn down by successful applicants, the amount drawn down from 1 January 2006 was over €2.5 million. Full details of these draw downs, including the names of the relevant organisations and the amounts involved, are in Table 1.
The Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Act 2005 provided for significant changes in decision making on disbursements from dormant accounts. Following the commencement of the Act on 1 September 2005, the Government now makes decisions on disbursements in line with the process set out in the legislation. In this regard, the Deputy will be aware that the Government approved the allocation of a further €60 million from the fund in 2006. A breakdown of this figure shows that €24 million will be allocated towards projects tackling economic and social disadvantage, €18 million towards projects tackling educational disadvantage and €18 million towards projects assisting persons with a disability.
After consulting the appropriate Ministers and having obtained the approval of Government, I announced details on 4 January 2006 concerning the allocation of €24 million for the purpose of supporting programmes and types of projects tackling social and economic disadvantage. Details of the announcement are available on the website of my Department at www.pobal.ie and in Table 2.
With regard to the other two categories, educational disadvantage and persons with a disability, the consultation process required under the legislation has now been completed. Proposals which provide for funding of €18 million under each of these categories are in the process of being submitted to the Minister and will be brought to Government very shortly for approval.
| Table 1 | |
| Details of amounts paid from Dormant Accounts Fund between 1 January 2006 and 13 March 2006 | |
| Name of Group | Amount Paid |
| â'¬ | |
| Avondhu Development Group | 9,338.00 |
| RosEqual Ltd | 21,067.00 |
| St. Brendan's The Glen Senior Citizens | 10,000.00 |
| Cork YMCA Ltd | 8,182.00 |
| Community Addiction Programme | 14,975.00 |
| Waterford LEDC Ltd | 102,720.00 |
| Cahir Development Association | 21,000.00 |
| North & West Connemara Rural Project | 32,277.00 |
| Loreto Centre | 8,463.00 |
| Avondhu Development Group | 5,467.00 |
| St. Teresa's Football Club | 5,000.00 |
| Vita House Family Centre | 19,256.00 |
| Adrigole Family Resource Centre | 720.00 |
| Castlecomer Community Project | 35,402.00 |
| Kerry Adolescent Counselling Services | 5,180.00 |
| Aspire Asperger Syndrome Association | 3,700.00 |
| Bray Adult Learning Centre | 20,810.00 |
| Crosscare Aftercare Support Unit | 24,708.00 |
| Ability Enterprises | 1,590.00 |
| The Intercom Initiative | 11,200.00 |
| Cheshire Ireland | 50,000.00 |
| St. Paul's Youth Club | 25,000.00 |
| Dóchas Family Centre | 20,000.00 |
| Duniry Community Pitch & Putt Dev. Cmtte. | 9,080.00 |
| Threshold Ltd. | 58,918.00 |
| Franciscan Social Justice Initiative | 15,780.00 |
| Scouting Ireland | 6,149.00 |
| Second Chance Education for Women | 19,835.00 |
| Ballinasloe Community Resources Ltd. | 15,900.00 |
| Aware | 31,935.00 |
| Tralee Town Council | 52,500.00 |
| The Web Project | 4,800.00 |
| Mulhuddart Lifestart | 11,220.00 |
| Glengarrif Playground Development Group | 5,855.00 |
| Inishowen Partnership | 10,027.00 |
| Waterford Area Partnership | 14,799.00 |
| Camphill Communities of Ireland | 35,000.00 |
| Roscommon Enter Initiative | 31,485.00 |
| Hope House | 40,000.00 |
| Foxford Sports & Leisure | 62,873.00 |
| Donegal Youth Services | 14,603.00 |
| DCU Educational Trust | 19,167.00 |
| Sligo Northside Partnership | 26,089.00 |
| Community Womens Education Initiative | 8,242.00 |
| Duneske Leisure Ltd. | 31,347.00 |
| St. Mary's Community Adult Education Committee | 22,604.00 |
| Killinarden Drug Primary Prevention Group | 8,184.00 |
| Merchants Quay Project | 28,004.00 |
| Barnardos — Carlow | 9,389.00 |
| Ballyfermot Travellers Action Project | 9,040.00 |
| Clondalkin Community Health Initiative | 26,695.00 |
| Mary Queen of Angels | 50,995.00 |
| Ballypheane/Togher CDP | 19,930.00 |
| Leitrim Gaels | 36,700.00 |
| Millennium Holiday Homes Project | 8,750.00 |
| Knockanrawley FRC | 19,116.00 |
| Dublin Simon Community | 26,358.00 |
| West Cork Support Group | 14,561.00 |
| Smashing Times Theatre Co. Ltd. | 23,962.00 |
| West Tallaght Resource Centre | 18,845.00 |
| Brothers of Charity National Secretariat | 36,740.00 |
| Rahoon Family Centre | 2,438.00 |
| Order of Malta Ambulance Corps | 143,046.00 |
| Duhallow Carers Network | 855.00 |
| Vantastic | 129,420.00 |
| After Care Recovery Group | 14,326.00 |
| Loughboy Area Resource Centre | 14,001.00 |
| Kilrush Family Resource Centre | 5,461.00 |
| County Leitrim Partnership | 15,752.00 |
| County Wexford Community Workshop | 34,500.00 |
| Walkinstown Association | 25,000.00 |
| Comhlámh | 3,950.00 |
| Collinstown Park School Completion Programme | 39,090.00 |
| Faranree FRC | 9,923.00 |
| Kilcannon Industries Ltd. | 114,833.00 |
| Easi Cab Travel Club | 10,803.00 |
| Little Bray FRC | 10,286.00 |
| Little Bray FRC | 10,629.00 |
| Ballymun Job Centre | 17,480.00 |
| The Common Ground | 6,511.00 |
| Sligo County Council | 19,417.00 |
| South West Mayo Development Company | 12,500.00 |
| Galway Refugee Support Group | 13,408.00 |
| Samaritans | 14,024.00 |
| CANDO | 6,000.00 |
| Ferns Diocesan Youth Service | 16,667.00 |
| Cherry Orchard Equine Centre | 35,347.00 |
| Walkinstown Association | 7,767.00 |
| Pathways Through Education | 31,504.00 |
| Catherine McAuley Centre | 9,534.00 |
| Cahir Development Association Ltd. | 21,000.00 |
| Kilbarrack Community Development Project | 4,500.00 |
| Clondalkin Partnership — Local Employment Services | 8,225.00 |
| Churchfield Community Trust | 51,756.00 |
| L'Arche Community | 32,571.00 |
| Migraine Association of Ireland | 6,850.00 |
| Traveller Visibility Group | 930.00 |
| An Síol | 34,200.00 |
| St. Peter the Apostle | 4,095.00 |
| B.A.N.D. — Borrisokane | 7,059.00 |
| Disability Federation of Ireland | 20,473.00 |
| Drumcollogher & District Respite Centre | 21,167.00 |
| Adrigole Family Resource Centre | 6,480.00 |
| Carrick On Shannon Active Age Group | 588.00 |
| Swinford National School | 3,372.00 |
| Bedford Row Family Project | 13,616.00 |
| Waterford LEDC | 147,319.00 |
| Waterford Befriending Project | 7,434.00 |
| Drogheda Northside Community Partnership | 8,283.00 |
| Total | 2,505,927.00 |
| Table 2 | ||||
| Programmes and Types of Projects Recommended by Social & Economic Disadvantage Committee | ||||
| Programme Heading | Programme Description | Target Group / Area | Application Process | Additionality Demonstrated |
| 1.Additionality under RAPID Programme. | Funding ring-fenced for the purpose of supporting priority projects within RAPID areas. | Strand 1 and Strand 2 RAPID areas. | RAPID AITs invited to apply | Yes. The ring-fencing of funding for RAPID areas will ensure that funding for priority projects is front-loaded in 2006 |
| 2.Specific Priority Measures: | ||||
| â'¬7.5 million | ||||
| Youth Disadvantage Initiatives | ||||
| —Supports for youth groups. | Once-off small scale equipment grants for youth groups with a particular focus on disadvantaged and marginal groups. | Young people. | Public invitation to youth groups | Yes. Existing Local Youth Club Grant scheme does not include any element of capital funding for equipment |
| —Supports to provide enhanced access to recreational & personal development opportunities for disadvantaged young people. | Grants to fund participation in recreational pursuits and personal development activities which are not normally available to disadvantaged children and disadvantaged young people. | Disadvantaged children and disadvantaged young people. | Invitation to Partnership companies | Yes. No specific funding stream to provide such services |
| —Supports for sports which have traditional appeal to youth in disadvantaged areas (e.g. boxing; wrestling; martial arts; weight-lifting etc.). | Grants to fund purchase of essential equipment / hire of halls etc. not funded under Sports Capital Programme. | Young people in disadvantaged areas. | Invitation to specified sports | Yes. Funding under Sports Capital Programme not provided for personal equipment |
| —IT initiatives for disadvantaged young people. | Projects supporting disadvantaged young people to adapt to information technology with a particular focus on early school leavers. | Disadvantaged young people. | Targeted public invitation to groups active in this area | Yes. No specific funding stream for this measure. |
| Older People Initiatives | ||||
| Enhanced interventions and supports to assist older people living in their own homes and in the community. | Supports for community based care services for older people such as improved access to services including transport and mobility. | Local Community and voluntary groups supporting older people. | Public invitation to groups active in this area | Yes. No specific funding stream for local community and voluntary groups supporting older people |
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